NEW FIRE — Screening in Madison

April 30 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Join the UW American Nuclear Society and the Institute for Nuclear Energy Systems for this special free screening of THE NEW FIRE at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Stay for discussion with director David Schumacher!!

What can we do to mitigate climate change?Nuclear power has been vilified in popular culture and among much of the environmental community. Yet the next-generation reactors currently in development may actually be key to avoiding global catastrophe. The young entrepreneurs heading this energy revolution realize they’re up against more than the climate clock – they need to convince all of us that the new nuclear is safe and achievable.

Filmed across four continents over the course of 22 months, Emmy-winning director David Schumacher’s film focuses on how the generation facing the most severe impact of climate change is fighting back with ingenuity and hope. THE NEW FIRE tells a provocative and startlingly positive story about a planet in crisis and the young heroes who are trying to save it.